I agree! Justice for Ruomen! He gets kicked around just because he followed morals and principles. Which in the court they put in show of it but rarely ever go through with it. Ruomen needs someone in his corner to make sure he is paid what he is worth.
Problem is...according to Maomao, the man himself under-sells his own worth! So much so that Maomao had to even intervene that one time when he was about to decline payment for treating a VIP customer and courtesan.
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I have this twisted cross over with bookworm that keeps floating in my head with this latest chapter of the anime: In a deep dark second basement of the orphanage (the one below the level where they print the Ferdinand fan materials) is the level that prints the special "learning materials" that arrive via a country gate in Maomao's hands. Also ****spoiler**** Maomao's real dad isn't all bad😁
Yay more apothecary diaries! Oh I’m curious to see if anyone thinks that the introduction of the new courtesan with the heavy emphasis on red, and really all the high ranking courtesan colors have symbolic meaning like face paint does in the Peking Operas. But also if those colors would hold to more western or traditional Chinese color meaning.
As always. Great work on the vid Magpi! Love, love, LOOOOVE the media format comparisons! On a different note though... were you being vague about the suspicious monocle wearing guy for the anime watchers only? Or do you reeeaally have no idea who he is? Coz I was also quite suspicious of him when I 1st encountered him... and as a manga reader... well.. I already know who he is. And well.. let's just say I know what he is in relation to the rest of this series' cast. 😊
When it comes to season 2, I am an anime only viewer. I only ever read up to manga volume 4, and I only read the ln up to what the episode covers after I watch the episode. So please no spoilers. Glad you enjoyed the review 😊
Interesting that you keep mentioning the LN as the one with more details, yet I read all of it in the manga. Many part of the story, the mysteries will be solved, just needs time to reappear and get solved through a different angle. Doesn't matter if the YT algorithm will promote your videos that much, I'll still watch them, maybe that's not much, but it's he only thing I can do.
Yeah, you're absolutely right, the manga is very faithful to the LN but sometimes there's *slight* differences so I just always go back to the LN to be safe, not because it has more details. I think the manga is lovely, however, and try to fit in my favorite panels whenever I can. It's also good to read that a lot of questions about other mysteries in the show will be answered in time. Can't wait ~ Thank you for watching and your comment it means a lot to me 💖
Aww, it's not much, but I'll support you for as long as I can. I don't watch the other videos about Ascendance of a Bookworm as I don't want to spoil the story for myself, but also waiting for the anime to start airing again. I see that the 4th season is in production, but we have no news as to when it will air.
Paula, what you think about loop-7-kaime-no-akuyaku-reijou-wa-moto-tekikoku-de-jiyuu-kimama-na-hanayome-seikatsu-wo-mankitsu-suru ? An Anime reminding in the biblephile princess.
Have an acknowledgement comment. As that new concubine enters it's almost like a funeral procession, she spends a moment or two looking at Maomao towards the end of her lesson.
Loulan's entering the rear palace was a bit of a letdown. As in the light novel. She has over 30 ladies-in-waiting, which is a massive show of power and wealth from her family. But they only showed a few ladies-in-waiting. When A-do left I think there was a comment about. Someone powerful trying to get their daughter into the rear palace.
One of the stories I am waiting for involves Jinshi's dead friend. I forget most of the details, but I don't think this is a spoiler at this point that it will come up again. The other story I am waiting for involves someone else who is dead. I think there was something earlier involving this story, but I'm not really sure at this point if it was or if there are just so many dead bodies in this series that I just thought it was. There is also the mystery guy, but . . . I'm more interested in seeing those two stories on screen.
9:08 So I have a few issues with this statement. (Edit: TLDR- People IRL can indeed be like that. So why not use it in fiction?) As a man I will repeat my mother's own statement to me. She told me she would rather work with men. Women can be catty b*s at times and she gained the respect of the men she worked with as the manager of the garden center by knowing her job and being on top of things. She was the plant lady and many of the men would point customers her way when they had questions concerning gardening and landscaping. I think you can take that both ways however. But that's her story. I don't think it degrades women when you have a bunch of women being cruel to the MC. It makes them human. Maomao is in their territory. I think that is how it is as well IRL. Girls and women WILL bully other girls and women. And there is a methodology to it. Growing up I have experienced that they will bully boys they don't like. Or have something they want. Nothing like being kicked in between the legs for the money in your wallet. (6th grade at the time.) People can be quite cruel and I think that is a fact that shouldn't be forgotten, nor do I think it is a trope that shouldn't be used. Having characters be unapologetic a*holes does not make them bad characters. It makes them characters that you are probably not meant to like, growth for the MC through conflict, and another ingredient to use for a more believable world. Anyone is free to their own opinion. I can understand someone's discomfort with seeing a group of women being painted as petty bullies. But there are petty bullies that are also women. Just as there are boys and men that will bully one another through threat and acts of violence. (School and military life was just so fun.)
You didn't miss them. I haven't finished them yet 😝. Since i had all episodes scripted and recorded, I went ahead and did the most recent, and then I will work my way back. Thank you for your patience as I catch up 💖💙
@@akihanna 🤣 I can't blame him for him getting thrown out to war due to his clan but F he should have informed his family or someone he trust at home to take care of his lady specially that he knows she is preggy
@@ginkage5863 lol. Even after FINALLY marrying his baby momma... he still fails majestically in gaining his kid's affection, interests or attention!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@akihanna one of the reason he picks at Jinshi🤣 He sees himself on him🤣 But I do salute how he only loves one person and even with the pressure of his clan, he didn't budge 👍
This might be completely ignorant of me (i only got into apothecary yesterday, so i only started watching these series of your vids today), but did you skip episodes 10, 11 and 12? I cant find them on your page
I wondered about that, but figured I just missed them. Good to know they are coming and I have them to look forward to. I might have rewatched the episodes by then since I prefer dubs and I’ve only watched a few episodes in dub so far.
Right now Jinshi is best boy. Until they do another season of Bookworm, then Ferdinand will reign supreme again. Just saying. Thank God for J-Novel and prepubs...
@@TheChatteringMagpi I concede the point. 🙂 Ferdi will always be best boy. But... Jinshi is so cute sometimes the way he reacts. It's hard waiting for more Ferdinand...
This might be completely ignorant of me (i only got into apothecary yesterday, so i only started watching these series of your vids today), but did you skip episodes 10, 11 and 12? I cant find them on your page
I agree! Justice for Ruomen! He gets kicked around just because he followed morals and principles. Which in the court they put in show of it but rarely ever go through with it. Ruomen needs someone in his corner to make sure he is paid what he is worth.
Problem is...according to Maomao, the man himself under-sells his own worth! So much so that Maomao had to even intervene that one time when he was about to decline payment for treating a VIP customer and courtesan.
Feisty kitten MaoMao protecting her "trade secrets" from Jinshi is peak Apothecary Dairies content.
Loved this part!!!
Comment, validation, shared love for Apothecary Diaries and extra details--check! Just know you have many people who like your videos and don't comment most of the time :)
You're the best! Thank you so much 💖💖💖
the term your looking for is ... 'assets'.
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The way they introduce the monocled man had me in stitches. Can't wait for how they present the reveal.
Keep up the good work. I didn't notice some of those details. I'm finally fully caught up on the series 🎆
Oooh thank you for the lovely comment. Glad you got into this series it is so good!!
@TheChatteringMagpi trying to get other people to watch it now, and it helps its english dub too
I have this twisted cross over with bookworm that keeps floating in my head with this latest chapter of the anime:
In a deep dark second basement of the orphanage (the one below the level where they print the Ferdinand fan materials) is the level that prints the special "learning materials" that arrive via a country gate in Maomao's hands.
Also ****spoiler****
Maomao's real dad isn't all bad😁
Hahahah! I would love to see that crossover!!! Hahaha
Yay more apothecary diaries! Oh I’m curious to see if anyone thinks that the introduction of the new courtesan with the heavy emphasis on red, and really all the high ranking courtesan colors have symbolic meaning like face paint does in the Peking Operas. But also if those colors would hold to more western or traditional Chinese color meaning.
As always. Great work on the vid Magpi! Love, love, LOOOOVE the media format comparisons! On a different note though... were you being vague about the suspicious monocle wearing guy for the anime watchers only? Or do you reeeaally have no idea who he is? Coz I was also quite suspicious of him when I 1st encountered him... and as a manga reader... well.. I already know who he is. And well.. let's just say I know what he is in relation to the rest of this series' cast. 😊
When it comes to season 2, I am an anime only viewer. I only ever read up to manga volume 4, and I only read the ln up to what the episode covers after I watch the episode. So please no spoilers.
Glad you enjoyed the review 😊
@@TheChatteringMagpi in that case I'm glad that I hadn't actually spoiled anything for you either! Hehe
Interesting that you keep mentioning the LN as the one with more details, yet I read all of it in the manga.
Many part of the story, the mysteries will be solved, just needs time to reappear and get solved through a different angle.
Doesn't matter if the YT algorithm will promote your videos that much, I'll still watch them, maybe that's not much, but it's he only thing I can do.
Yeah, you're absolutely right, the manga is very faithful to the LN but sometimes there's *slight* differences so I just always go back to the LN to be safe, not because it has more details. I think the manga is lovely, however, and try to fit in my favorite panels whenever I can.
It's also good to read that a lot of questions about other mysteries in the show will be answered in time. Can't wait ~
Thank you for watching and your comment it means a lot to me 💖
Aww, it's not much, but I'll support you for as long as I can.
I don't watch the other videos about Ascendance of a Bookworm as I don't want to spoil the story for myself, but also waiting for the anime to start airing again.
I see that the 4th season is in production, but we have no news as to when it will air.
Paula, what you think about loop-7-kaime-no-akuyaku-reijou-wa-moto-tekikoku-de-jiyuu-kimama-na-hanayome-seikatsu-wo-mankitsu-suru ? An Anime reminding in the biblephile princess.
Hey Max! I'm watching and so far, really enjoying it! I'm watching other anime series, so many to watch so little time!
Oooh! I'm watching that anime too! The title is soooooo long that I usually just call it loop 7!! Ahhaha
why are there no videos for episode 10-12?
Working on them. I just uploaded 12, 10 and 11 should be up sometime this week (I hope).
Have an acknowledgement comment. As that new concubine enters it's almost like a funeral procession, she spends a moment or two looking at Maomao towards the end of her lesson.
Oooh yeah, she's really interesting. Thanks for the comment 👍
Loulan's entering the rear palace was a bit of a letdown. As in the light novel. She has over 30 ladies-in-waiting, which is a massive show of power and wealth from her family. But they only showed a few ladies-in-waiting. When A-do left I think there was a comment about. Someone powerful trying to get their daughter into the rear palace.
Dang, that's a lot of ladies! I missed that detail 🙃 thanks for sharing it.
One of the stories I am waiting for involves Jinshi's dead friend. I forget most of the details, but I don't think this is a spoiler at this point that it will come up again.
The other story I am waiting for involves someone else who is dead. I think there was something earlier involving this story, but I'm not really sure at this point if it was or if there are just so many dead bodies in this series that I just thought it was.
There is also the mystery guy, but . . . I'm more interested in seeing those two stories on screen.
I'm waiting for the dance we see at the end of the OP and I think to myself, "can they really cover that much story in this cour?"
finally. Most welcome.
Thanks 😍👍
9:08 So I have a few issues with this statement. (Edit: TLDR- People IRL can indeed be like that. So why not use it in fiction?)
As a man I will repeat my mother's own statement to me. She told me she would rather work with men. Women can be catty b*s at times and she gained the respect of the men she worked with as the manager of the garden center by knowing her job and being on top of things. She was the plant lady and many of the men would point customers her way when they had questions concerning gardening and landscaping.
I think you can take that both ways however. But that's her story.
I don't think it degrades women when you have a bunch of women being cruel to the MC. It makes them human. Maomao is in their territory. I think that is how it is as well IRL. Girls and women WILL bully other girls and women. And there is a methodology to it. Growing up I have experienced that they will bully boys they don't like. Or have something they want. Nothing like being kicked in between the legs for the money in your wallet. (6th grade at the time.)
People can be quite cruel and I think that is a fact that shouldn't be forgotten, nor do I think it is a trope that shouldn't be used. Having characters be unapologetic a*holes does not make them bad characters. It makes them characters that you are probably not meant to like, growth for the MC through conflict, and another ingredient to use for a more believable world.
Anyone is free to their own opinion. I can understand someone's discomfort with seeing a group of women being painted as petty bullies. But there are petty bullies that are also women. Just as there are boys and men that will bully one another through threat and acts of violence. (School and military life was just so fun.)
Did I miss your review episodes 10, 11, & 12?
You didn't miss them. I haven't finished them yet 😝. Since i had all episodes scripted and recorded, I went ahead and did the most recent, and then I will work my way back. Thank you for your patience as I catch up 💖💙
You are super busy, I love the Bookworm chat pre-pub and group read alongs. So not to worry. ❤😺❤@@TheChatteringMagpi
@@gprovidakes 💙💖💙💖💖💙
Jinshi is openly being jelly but good thing MaoMao is grey on that area🤣
MaoMao's real Dad is intelligent but stupid
He's praised as a great tactician and strategist... but fails greatly with his own kiddo!! 😂😂😂
@@akihanna 🤣
I can't blame him for him getting thrown out to war due to his clan but F he should have informed his family or someone he trust at home to take care of his lady specially that he knows she is preggy
@@ginkage5863 lol. Even after FINALLY marrying his baby momma... he still fails majestically in gaining his kid's affection, interests or attention!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@akihanna one of the reason he picks at Jinshi🤣
He sees himself on him🤣
But I do salute how he only loves one person and even with the pressure of his clan, he didn't budge 👍
This might be completely ignorant of me (i only got into apothecary yesterday, so i only started watching these series of your vids today), but did you skip episodes 10, 11 and 12? I cant find them on your page
8, 9, skip a few, 13, 14 :P
Hey, I'm working on them 👉👈. They're scripted and recorded I just have to find time to edit. 😅
I wondered about that, but figured I just missed them. Good to know they are coming and I have them to look forward to. I might have rewatched the episodes by then since I prefer dubs and I’ve only watched a few episodes in dub so far.
I was wondering the same
Right now Jinshi is best boy. Until they do another season of Bookworm, then Ferdinand will reign supreme again. Just saying.
Thank God for J-Novel and prepubs...
I respectfully disagree. Ferdinand is and always will be best boy 💙💙💙
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@@TheChatteringMagpi I concede the point. 🙂 Ferdi will always be best boy. But... Jinshi is so cute sometimes the way he reacts. It's hard waiting for more Ferdinand...
This might be completely ignorant of me (i only got into apothecary yesterday, so i only started watching these series of your vids today), but did you skip episodes 10, 11 and 12? I cant find them on your page
Yes good catch. I am working on catching up. Just released 12, 10 and 11 should be uploaded sometime this week (hopefully)
@@TheChatteringMagpi i just got the notification as well dksjsjdj. Ill go watch it rn maam! ✌